Edward Smith

It doesn't matter how big, silly and expensive they are, AAA games can be art, too

The Android-based Ouya console will arrive at major US retailers Best Buy, Target and Gamestop in June and is available to pre-order from Amazon now.

Despite a terrible 2012, Zynga CEO Mark Pincus said he was optimistic about the social game developer's future, as it moves its focus to mobile.

Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan discusses how the upcoming Edge tablet will change PC gaming.

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata has dismisses cloud gaming saying dedicated games console remain the future.

Infestor, in which you play a green parasitic blob, is available to download from Ravenous Games on iOS now

More details on the PlayStation 4 have emerged ahead of a supposed official reveal on 20 February, suggesting a 2014 UK launch.

Call of Duty, Skyrim, GTA and a lot of big games have nothing to offer adults. The industry needs to grow up

More than 100 people in the UK have joined a lawsuit against Google, with claimants from Europe also coming forward

Kim Dotcom has apologised to users of his file sharing site Mega, after it blocked users from uploading legal-to-share material via a third party search engine

Sony's PlayStation 4, previously codenamed Orbis, is expected to be revealed at a press event on 20 February

As Nintendo slashes sales expectations for the Wii U, we look at why the console is struggling to sell

As well as Android games, Nvidia's Project Shield will be able to run PC titles like Crysis, the company has said

Apple's iPad is still leading global tablet market as record breaking figures for 2012's fourth quarter are announced.

Despite mixed results, that missed Wall Street expectations, Amazon's stock price has jumped to an all-time high

Google has donated 15,000 Raspberry Pi computers to UK schools in a bid to improve ICT lessons.

More than 100 people have spoken to a UK law firm about taking legal action against Google for illegally tracking their online activity.

Junction Point, makers of Disney's Epic Mickey games, has closed down

A Reddit user has created a to scale replica of Apple's headquarters in the videogame Minecraft

Twitter has apologised for pornographic videos appearing in the Editor's Picks section of its new Vine video-sharing app blaming "human error"

Samsung is being investigated by South Korean authorities after a chemical leak killed an employee at its plant in Hwaseong

New legislation will make phone unlocking illegal in the US, unless consumers get permission from their provider

China's ban on videogame consoles may be lifted, an anonymous government official has said.

Slender Rising, a mobile adaptation of the Slenderman myth, is out on iOS.

Disappointing Q1 earnings hit share prices and topple Apple from prime position.

In its yearly compliance report, Apple reveals it has terminated one supplier over "particularly egregious" breaches of child labour laws.

In response to the inclusion of a 'gay planet' in Star Wars: The Old Republic, Ed Smith asks if the time is right for video games to come out.

An archive of Why Games Matter, a blog dedicated to the big issues affecting the games industry, as written by Edward Smith

A blog dedicated to big issues affecting the games industry